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Diablo III Beta - 1st of August
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What happened?
As I posted in the WoW Cataclysm alpha/beta thread, a member here offered to send out alpha(?) invites to other forum users and we were all banned from the tests a few days into it. Don't think anyone knows why the ban happened (probably as we weren't really "friends or family") or if it will ever be lifted. E-mails to Blizzard get a standard reply that they can't tell us the reason.
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GNUTNAMIT!!! Change the title, hopes were raised and now crushed.....
^is a sad panda
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Jokes.The amount of hype diablo has been getting over the last year the game is setting itself up for a massive fall. The same thing happened with Duke Nukem. Making games big before they are even released so when the game finally does come out it gets torn to shreds because its not as good as expected or anticipated.
Hype is generated by the fans, so it can't set itself up for fail, they've hardly gone balls out advertising it or throwing information around like free sweets.
Plus it's not like their other games who ramped up marketing near release failed, or other companies for that matter.
You picked the worst game to compare it to, Duke Nukem, really?
Agree bad comparison but was first thing that came to mind.
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Probably better compared to Starcraft 2 - same dev, similar time frame.
Hmm I got mixed up with all that too, joined then blocked after a short while. How do I check if I am elligable for betas or not now?
If that's the case, then damn. but I reckon they only banned you for the Cata beta and nothing else .
You checked your beta profile settings, and uploaded your system specs ?
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Hype? Like DNF?
They've trickle fed information about it, not just blared out non-gameplay trailers constantly. And what they've shown looks superb. They're not building hype through over selling it and making sure everyone's heard of it
Unlike Duke Nukem, this isn't some game that's taking forever to come out because of a rocky history and bad management decisions.
Blizzard won't rush this out, there's no solid release date because it'll be ready "when it's ready". They're almost a cautious as Valve when it comes to quality. The last thing they're going to do is cut corners to get it out.
SCII was exactly the same before it was released. But with an even bigger gap between it and it's predecessor. That couldn't have been further from a disappointment for me.
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For people wondering if they can get on the diablo 3 beta heres something to be able to. 
1. Go to eu.battle.net/en/
2. In the top right corner there are two options - Choose which ever.
3. Once logged in again up in the top right hand corner there is an acount button. Press that.
4. A list of your game accounts should come up. On the right side if the screen there is a Beta profile settings button, press that
5. Once there look for this
6. Download the program. Run it and once it grabs your system specs. press upload.
7. Go back onto your internet window and look for this.
8. Check the betas your interested in and click update.
9. Once beta has been realized keep looking on your game page to see if you have been invited as diablo 3 should appear.
1. Go to eu.battle.net/en/
2. In the top right corner there are two options - Choose which ever.
3. Once logged in again up in the top right hand corner there is an acount button. Press that.
4. A list of your game accounts should come up. On the right side if the screen there is a Beta profile settings button, press that
5. Once there look for this
6. Download the program. Run it and once it grabs your system specs. press upload.
7. Go back onto your internet window and look for this.
8. Check the betas your interested in and click update.
9. Once beta has been realized keep looking on your game page to see if you have been invited as diablo 3 should appear.
Diabolo III & HL2: Ep 3 double pack to mark their new releases on the same day you heard it here first, honest guv.*
*runs and hides.
*runs and hides.
Hype? Like DNF?
They've trickle fed information about it, not just blared out non-gameplay trailers constantly. And what they've shown looks superb. They're not building hype through over selling it and making sure everyone's heard of it
Unlike Duke Nukem, this isn't some game that's taking forever to come out because of a rocky history and bad management decisions.
Blizzard won't rush this out, there's no solid release date because it'll be ready "when it's ready". They're almost a cautious as Valve when it comes to quality. The last thing they're going to do is cut corners to get it out.
SCII was exactly the same before it was released. But with an even bigger gap between it and it's predecessor. That couldn't have been further from a disappointment for me.
Everything + 1 million.
I really REALLY wish this was true of ALL games
3arc & CA - I'm looking at you!
